{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":7,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/6","next":"job/8","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[“] Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[“] Is not man consigned to labor on earth?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Are not his days like those of a hired hand?"}],"h":"Job Continues: Life Seems Futile","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Like a slave he longs for shade;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a hireling he waits for his wages."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"So I am allotted months of futility,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and nights of misery are appointed to me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"When I lie down I think:‘ When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When I lie down I think:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"‘ When will I get up?’"},{"style":"indent1","t":"But the night drags on,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I toss and turn until dawn."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My flesh is clothed with worms"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and encrusted with dirt;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my skin is cracked and festering."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they come to an end without hope."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Remember that my life is but a breath."},{"style":"indent2","t":"My eyes will never again see happiness."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The eye that beholds me will no longer see me."},{"style":"indent2","t":"You will look for me, but I will be no more."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"As a cloud vanishes and is gone,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He never returns to his house;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"his place remembers him no more."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will complain in the bitterness of my soul."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that You must keep me under guard?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When I think my bed will comfort me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my couch will ease my complaint,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"then You frighten me with dreams"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and terrify me with visions,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"so that I would prefer strangling and death"},{"style":"indent2","t":"over my life in this body."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"I loathe [my life]! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days [are] [but] a breath.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I loathe [my life]! I would not live forever."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Leave me alone, for my days [are] [but] a breath."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"What is man that You should exalt him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that You should set Your heart upon him,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"that You attend to him every morning, [and] test him every moment?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"that You attend to him every morning,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] test him every moment?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Will You never look away from me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?","f":["LXX; Hebrew to myself"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If I have sinned, what have I done to You,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O watcher of mankind?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Why have You made me Your target,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that I am a burden to You?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why do You not pardon my transgression"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and take away my iniquity?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"For soon I will lie down in the dust;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You will seek me, but I will be no more.”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}